<VV> external oil cooler

[Bryan Blackwell]

Although the '66 up condenser isn't mounted directly above the  
engine, it *is* mounted in the inlet, so the air that cools the A/C  
then passes through the engine, just like the earlier ones.  In fact,  
the later setup does a much better job of ensuring *all* the air goes  
through the condenser.

While I'll agree that the cooling system is not capable of handling  
the engine at full throttle non-stop on anything besides an 80, it is  
perfectly adequate to cool the engine powering a Corvair car (the FCs  
are a different matter) under normal circumstances in most of the  
U.S. - I'd like to know where the idea that it isn't comes from.  The  
small amount of heat added by an oil cooler is quite small and isn't  
going to make much difference to the overall temp of the engine, but  
the effect of having cool oil is tremendous.

Having said that, good oil and a good stock cooler should be  
sufficient for a Corvair.  It's worth asking what problem we are  
fixing by adding the cooler in the first place.

--Bryan

On Apr 6, 2008, at 4:40 PM, ScottyGrover at aol.com wrote:
> I wouldn't mount the thing above the fan; the air passing through  
> the oil
> cooler heats up, THEN has to go through the cooling system, which is
> overstressed for anything more then flat-country driving.  Perhaps  
> those  living in
> Florida or the Netherlands could cope with this, but when you have  
> any  hills to
> contend with, the heating system becomes seriously overloaded; if   
> you drive in
> other places in Europe than the Low Countries, you might regret  it.
> The factory mounted the air conditioning condenser above the fan,  
> at least
> on the '65 models; moved it elsewhere for the '66 model year.